1994 British Formula Two Championship

The 1994 British Formula Two Championship was the sixth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. José Luis Di Palma won the championship, driving a Reynard 92D for Madgwick International. Both the Argentinian and series runner-up Phil Andrews (Apache Racing) won two rounds apiece. However, the grids were weak and British F2 was in decline. International F3000 drivers Gareth Rees and Christian Pescatori both won one-off races with Durango, at Snetterton and Donington respectively. Future Indy Lights star Philipp Peter also had a single race with the Italian team. Rees' future team-mate Stephen Watson made a single appearance in the series. The Moosehead Grand Prix at Halifax, Canada, a non-championship F3000 race in 1993, counted as a British F2 round in 1994 and was won by the Italian-Mexican Gianfranco Cané, driving for Fred Goddard Racing.[1]

It was very sad that this season gave sequence to the continuous downward spiral for this series, with fields sometimes having as few as six entries only, and three scheduled races cancelled due to aforementioned lack of entries.

Drivers and teams

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The following drivers and teams contested the 1994 British Formula Two Championship.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds
  Madgwick International Reynard Cosworth 1   José Luis Di Palma All
  Apache Racing Reynard Cosworth 4   Dominic Chappell All
5   Phil Andrews All
  AIM Motorsport Reynard Mugen 6   Andreas Halkiopoulos 1–2, 4-7
  McNeil Engineering Lola Judd 7   Robbie Stirling 1–3, 5-7
  Rex Hart Racing Reynard Cosworth 8   David Mercer 3, 5, 7
  Weylock Racing Reynard Cosworth 9   Nicke Blom 1
  Franck Fréon 4
  Fred Goddard Racing Reynard Cosworth 10   Pekka Herva 2–3, 5
  Gianfranco Cané 4
  Worswick Engineering Reynard Cosworth 11   Tony Worswick 3
  Cobra Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 12   Richard Dean 4
  Monninghoff Sport Promotion Reynard Cosworth 14   Klaus Panchyrz 4
15   James Taylor 4
  Vortex Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 18   Allard Kalff 6
  Kris Nissen 7
19   Hans Fertl 6
  Omegaland Lola Cosworth 20   Stephen Watson 7
  Durango Corse Reynard Cosworth 30   Gareth Rees 6
  Christian Pescatori 7
31   Luca Riccitelli 6
  Philipp Peter 7
32   Vito Popolizio 6-7

Results

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British Formula Two Championship

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Round Date Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
C April 1   Oulton Park Cancelled due to lack of entries
C May 2   Thruxton
1 May 30   Brands Hatch (Indy)   José Luis Di Palma   Robbie Stirling   Phil Andrews   Apache Racing
2 June 4   Silverstone (National)   Phil Andrews   Pekka Herva   José Luis Di Palma   Madgwick International
3 June 11   Oulton Park   Phil Andrews   Phil Andrews   Phil Andrews   Apache Racing
4 July 10   Halifax   Franck Fréon   Franck Fréon   Gianfranco Cane   Fred Goddard Racing
5 August 7   Snetterton   José Luis Di Palma   José Luis Di Palma   José Luis Di Palma   Madgwick International
C September 18   Brands Hatch (GP) Cancelled due to lack of entries
6 October 16   Snetterton   Gareth Rees   Gareth Rees   Gareth Rees   Durango Corse
7 October 30   Donington Park   Christian Pescatori   Phil Andrews   Christian Pescatori   Durango Corse

Championship Standings

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[2]

Pos. Driver  
BHI
 
SIL
 
OUL
 
HAL
 
SNE
 
SNE
 
DON
Points
1   José Luis Di Palma Ret 1 2 3 1 4 4 34
2   Phil Andrews 1 2 1 DNS 2 DNS Ret 30
3   Dominic Chappell 2 Ret 3 4 4 2 Ret 22
4   Robbie Stirling DSQ Ret 4 3 3 5 13
5   Gianfranco Cane 1 9
6   Gareth Rees 1 9
7   Christian Pescatori 1 9
8   Andreas Halkiopoulos 3 4 6 NC Ret Ret 8
9   Klaus Panchyrz 2 6
10   Philipp Peter 2 6
11   Pekka Herva 3 DNS Ret 4
12   Kris Nissen 3 4
13   David Mercer 5 5 9 4
14   James Taylor 5 2
15   Luca Riccitelli 5 2
16   Stephen Watson 6 1
17   Vito Popolizio 6 7 1
18   Akbar Ebrahim 8 0
  Tony Worswick Ret
  Franck Fréon Ret
  Richard Dean Ret
  Hans Fertl Ret
  Steve Arnold Ret
  Nicke Blom DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "1994 Venson British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database".